Richard Crenna

Born: 1926-11-30 in Los Angeles, California, USA

Died: 2003-01-17

Known For: Acting

Biography

Richard Donald Crenna (November 30, 1926 – January 17, 2003) was an American motion picture, television, and radio actor and occasional television director. He starred in such motion pictures as The Sand Pebbles, Wait Until Dark, Body Heat, the first three Rambo movies, Hot Shots! Part Deux, and The Flamingo Kid. Crenna played "Walter Denton" in the CBS radio and CBS-TV network series Our Miss Brooks, and "Luke McCoy" in ABC's TV comedy series, The Real McCoys, (1957–63), which moved to CBS-TV in September 1962. Crenna was in one of the few TV political dramatic series Slattery's People on CBS. Crenna played "Colonel Trautman" in the first three Rambo movies. He also played "Frank Skimmerhorn" in the critically acclaimed mini-series Centennial.

Filmography

2008

Rambo as Col. Samuel Trautman (archive footage) (uncredited)

1999

Judging Amy as Jared Duff
To Serve and Protect as Howard Carr
To Serve and Protect as Howard Carr

1998

Wrongfully Accused as Fergus Falls

1997

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea as Professor Aronnax
Deep Family Secrets as Clay Chadway
Heart Full of Rain as Arliss Dockett
Atlantis: In Search of a Lost Continent as Himself / Narrator

1996

E! True Hollywood Story
Race Against Time: The Search for Sarah as John Porter
The Real Las Vegas as Narrator (voice)

1995

JAG as Harmon Rabb Sr. (voice)
Sabrina as Patrick Tyson
Jade as Governor Edwards
A Pyromaniac's Love Story as Tom Lumpke (uncredited)
In the Name of Love: A Texas Tragedy as Luke Constable Sr.

1994

Chicago Hope as Martin Rockwell
Janek: The Silent Betrayal as Frank Janek
Jonathan Stone: Threat of Innocence as Jonathan Stone
The Forget-Me-Not Murders as Frank Janek

1993

Hot Shots! Part Deux as Col. Denton Walters
Hearts of Hot Shots! Part Deux—A Filmmaker's Apology
A Place to Be Loved as George Russ

1992

Intruders as Dr. Neil Chase
Terror on Track 9 as Det. Frank Janek

1991

And the Sea Will Tell as Vincent Bugliosi
Pros and Cons as Mitch O'Hannon
And the Sea Will Tell as Vincent Bugliosi

1990

Gabriel's Fire
Last Flight Out as Dan Hood
Montana as Hoyce Guthrie
Murder in Black and White as Frank Janek
Murder Times Seven as Frank Janek

1989

Leviathan as Dr. Glen 'Doc' Thompson
The Case of the Hillside Stranglers as Sgt. Bob Grogan
Mort Sahl: The Loyal Opposition as Narrator
Stuck with Each Other as Bert Medwick

1988

Rambo III as Trautman
Internal Affairs as Frank Janek

1987

Police Story: The Freeway Killings as Deputy Chief Bob Devers
Plaza Suite as Roy Hubley
Kids Like These as Bob Goodman

1986

On Wings of Eagles as H. Ross Perot
A Case of Deadly Force as Lawrence O'Donnell Sr.
The High Price of Passion as Williams Douglas

1985

Rambo: First Blood Part II as Col. Samuel Trautman
Summer Rental as Al Pellet
The Rape of Richard Beck as Richard Beck
Doubletake as Frank Janek

1984

The Flamingo Kid as Phil Brody
Passions as Richard Kennerly
Squaring the Circle as The Narrator

1983

Table for Five as Mitchell
Allison Sydney Harrison ... (Director)

1982

First Blood as Col. Samuel Trautman
It Takes Two
The Day the Bubble Burst as Jesse Livermore
The Magic Statue ... (Director)

1981

Body Heat as Edmund Walker
Daniel Boone as Daniel Boone
The Ordeal of Bill Carney as Mason Rose
Musical Comedy Tonight II as Self

1980

Death Ship as Trevor Marshall
Joshua's World as Dr. Joshua Torrance
Fugitive Family as Brian Roberts

1979

Turnabout ... (Director)
Wild Horse Hank as Pace Bradford
Stone Cold Dead as Sgt. Boyd
Mayflower: The Pilgrims' Adventure as William Brewster
Better Late Than Never ... (Director)

1978

Centennial as Colonel Frank Skimmerhorn
Grandpa Goes to Washington ... (Director)
The Evil as C.J. Arnold
Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell as Mike Barry
A Fire in the Sky as Jason Voight
First, You Cry as David Towers

1977

Lou Grant ... (Director)
James at 16 ... (Director)
Rosetti and Ryan ... (Director)
The War Between the Tates as Professor Brian Tate

1976

All's Fair

1975

Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
People's Choice Awards as Self - Host
Breakheart Pass as Gov. Richard Fairchild
A Girl Named Sooner as R.J. 'Mac' McHenry

1974

The Rockford Files ... (Director)
Honky Tonk as Candy Johnson
Shootout in a One-Dog Town as Zack Wells
Nightmare as Howard Faloon
Double Solitaire as Charley Potter

1973

Jonathan Livingston Seagull as Father (voice)
Double Indemnity as Walter Neff
The Man Called Noon as Noon

1972

A Cop as Simon
Footsteps as Paddy

1971

Doctors' Wives as Pete Brennan
Catlow as Cowan
Red Sky at Morning as Frank Arnold
Thief as Neal Wilkinson

1970

The Deserter as Major Wade Brown

1969

Marooned as Jim Pruett
Midas Run as Mike Warden

1968

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In as Self
Star! as Richard Aldrich

1967

The Carol Burnett Show as Self
Wait Until Dark as Mike Talman

1966

The Sand Pebbles as Captain Collins
Summer Fun ... (Director)
Made in Paris as Herb Stone

1965

John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! as John Goldfarb

1964

Wendy and Me ... (Director)
Slattery's People as James Slattery
No Time for Sergeants ... (Director)

1963

Kraft Suspense Theatre as Edward Smalley
Vacation Playhouse ... (Director)
The Danny Kaye Show as Self
The Long Lost Life of Edward Smalley as Edward Smalley

1962

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
The Merv Griffin Show as Self

1960

The Andy Griffith Show ... (Director)

1959

Disneyland '59 as Self

1957

The Real McCoys as Luke McCoy

1956

Our Miss Brooks as Walter Denton
Over-Exposed as Russell Bassett

1955

1952

Today as Himself - Actor
Our Miss Brooks as Walter Denton
Red Skies of Montana as Noxon (uncredited)
It Grows on Trees as Ralph Bowen
The Pride of St. Louis as Paul Dean

1951

I Love Lucy as Arthur Morton

1944

Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee